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W. J. WALTERS &-W. W. ROHRER. CURTAIN FIXTURE.

No. 603,615. Patented May 3,1898.

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UNITED STATES 1 PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. WALTERS AND WILLIAM'WI'ROHRER, OF GUTHRIE,

OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,615, dated May 3, 1898.

Application filed October 24, 1896. Renewed March 24, 1898. Serial No. 675.040. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM J. WALTERS and WILLIAM W. ROHRER, citizens of the United States, residing at Guthrie, in the county of Logan and Territory of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Curtain-Fixture, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in curtain-fixtures, and has for its object to provide an adjustable support for curtainshade rollers, whereby the latter may be adj usted vertically with relation to the windowcasing, so that in warm weather the curtain shade roller may be lowered in such manner as to'leave anydesired amount of space above the roller for admitting the air above the same for the purposes of ventilation and a more thorough circulation of the air through the room.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent in the course of the sub joined description.

The invention consists in-certain novel featuresand details of constructio'nand arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings,and finally pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a window, illustrating the application of the improved adjusting device. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspectiveview of the improved slide-bracket, showing also one end of the roller supported therein and a section of the guide-rod and adjusting device. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail perspective view of one of the brackets. Fig. 4 is a View of the blank from which the bracket is formed. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the adj usting-rod. Fig. 6 is a similar viewof the vertical guiderod. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view show ing the adaptation of an ordinary stationary bracket to the new adjusting device. Fig. Sis a horizontal sectional view through the same.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates an ordinary window shade mounted upon the usual roller, the end journals or trunnions of which are mounted in ears 3 of a pair of brackets arranged at opposite sides of the window. These brackets are for the purpose of the present invention given a special form. Each of the brackets is made from a single sheetmetal blank, (shown in Fig. 4,) one portion of the blank being shaped to constitute the perforated ear for the roller-journal and the rear portion of the blank being slitted centrally, as at lJ The portions orflaps upon each side of this central slit are deflected reversely or bent in opposite directions to form rests 5, which are disposed, preferably, at right angles to the ear 3 and afford a wide bearing to the base of the bracket at the point where it rests or slides in contact with the window-casing. The blank is also provided with other slits 6, and

the outer flaps formed by these slits are coiled or rolled to form eye-bearings '7, which are thus spaced a considerable distance apart and adapted to receive and slidelongitudi- I nally upon a vertically-disposed guide rod or wire 8.

Two guide-wires 8 are employed, one ateach side of the window, the terminalsof said guides being bent substantially at right angles to the guide proper and embedded in the woodwork of the window-casing until the guide is brought into the desired proximity 8o thereto. The guide 8 should be located sufficiently near the casing to have the flaps 5 of the bracket slide in proximal relation thereto or perhaps in contact therewith. By

reason of the reverse disposition of the flaps 5 the bracket is prevented from canting from The bracket is also perforated,

adjusting-rod 10, the same being preferably composed of stout wire and of a length sufficient to bring the lower end thereof intoconvenient reach of a person standing at the window. One of such adjusting-rods is used for 5 I each bracket, and it is provided at its lower end with an eye, forming a handle by which it may be the more easily manipulated, and the rod is further provided at suitable intervals with laterally-disposed loops or crimps 11, mo

perforations 2 in the forwardly-projecting which form stops adapted to rest within the guide 8 or between said guide and the; win,- dow-casing and upon the lower inbent terminal of the guide for affording the proper support to its respective bracket. Where the guides 8 are of considerable length, the same are liable to spread apart adjacent to their- -central portions, and in order to obviatethis;

tendency the ears 3 are perforated, as at 12,

and a cross horizontal wire 13 is fastened to said ears through such perforations, whereby the brackets are tied at a predetermined dis tance apart and prevented from spreading,

The construction above described is the preferred one, but, if desired, it is practicable to use the ordinary form of stationary bracket, and the adaptation of such. bracket is-clearly illustrated in, Figs. 71 and 8, i n which suitable metal strapsl li are looped: through theperforationsof the bracket,(sho ,-W.It at 1 5),. and fashioned in, such manner-astofomneyebearimgs 16, by which the bracket isadapted to slide upon the guide 8-,.the extremittesofthe straps being clenched uponthe bracket iii any-convenientmanner. Inthis caseasglong as; the, bracket is, not formed with a. perfume tion the upper end of the. adj usting rodv is bent around and caused to. embracethe. forward-lyrextendi-n g ear portion of the b ra'qket the said rod being also bent laterally to. form.v a shoulder; 17, which underlies: thelower edge. of, the said: ear and prevents-the; end; of the adjusting-rod from being; disengaged therefrom when. pushed upward.

The operationtof the adjustingclevice is the samei-n: either, construction. The eurtain with its roller, is-supported in the bracketsiigt the; usual manner, so that by" grasping the ad; j,us'ting -rods and removing; the same up 0 down simultaneously the curtain-roller 'w be correspondingly adjusted atthe, Sam etiine. When brought to. the-desired position, the. proper stops or; crimps in the, adjusting rods are en gaged with thelower ends of the vertical guidesi-nthe manner above described", att'erwhich the curtainwill remain in such positionuntil again adjusted. v The positions; of theadj-usting-rods lO-may lee-reversed, sothat. the crimps 11 will project, inward-, th-us adaptingsaid rods to. be meved away-from each other in. order to adjusttheheightof the curtain. I I

I The improvement will be found of} especial Value in the summer season, when it will be found: desirable to leave-space above thecui+- tain rollers, so thatai-r may be freely adm V I.

ted; atsuch points, tlius adding materiallyto.

the; circ,ulation= ofjair through the house.

.. Changesin the form-,proportion, andm-inor details; of construction may be resorted to without, departing from the-spirit or sacrific ing any of the advantages of thisinventiron.

Havingthus described the invention, what is. claimed asnew is 1. The combination in a curtainfixture, of a guide rod or wire extending vertically of the window-frame, and an adjustable bracket slidingly mounted thereon and provided with ireversely-disposedflaps or rests located in :citse proirimity to the window -casing and adapted to bear against the same for prevent- 5 ing the, canting of the bracket to either side, substantially as described. r, 2. In a curtain fixture, the combination iwith a, vertical guide adapted to. be secured l to the windowbas'ing, of a vertically-sliding i bracket mounted thereon and formed from a I single sheetmetal blank comprising a for- 5 wardly-projecti-ng ear portionadapted to. re ceivethecurtain-roller jeurnaLreversely-disposed rests; projecting. substantially at right angles. tofithei ear portion and adapted toioperate against the window=casing, spaced eyebearings embracing the. guides, and an adjusting-"rod connected to said bracket and extending withineo'jri-v enienit reach of a person standing at, the window, substantially as de 3. In a eurtainfixture, the combination with a verticalguide ,=rod haying its terminals bent; substantially at a right: angleand embeddedi n thewi-ndow-casing, of an adjustable bracket slidingly mounted on said. guiderod,- an n adjustin -rod connected at its upperend; to saidbracket andpro-vided with lateral crimps forming stops, the free end of ;the said adjusting-rod being movable laterally toengage; or disengage either of said lateral crim-ps. with the; lower in-tu-rnedend of the guide-rod, substantially as and for the tu n use p ifie o 4,. he combinationin a curtainfixture, of aguide-v-rod extending vertically of the windew-frame, abracketcomprisingaforwardlyprojecting ear portion tolre'ceive thecurtainroller journals, spaced eye-bearings embracing theg'uidej-rod ears, or recesses extending glateigalrl'y-m; a right, angleto the roller-supporting ear in. the: rear of the guide-rod and adapted to, engage thewindow-casing, an. adjustingrod hayingits upper end bent to; fit E over the toped'geot theroller-su-pporting ear and having also a shoulder to engage the lQ-viele ge of saidear, and meansto-hold the iadjusting rodin. its adjusted position, suba nually as described. In! testimony thatweclaimthefonegoing as our ogwn. We have-hereto afli xed oursignatures s n. the. presence oftwo;witnesses. v, W IAM J WALTER WILLIAM W. ROHRER.

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BAYA D; T. HAINER, O. O. WHITAORE. 

